Iva Pauline Adams was born February 17, 1917, on the farm that her grandfather homesteaded. She was the second of ten children born to Phillip Marion Adams and Millie Neleta (Kimberlin) Adams.

Pauline graduated from Steelville High School in 1935 and taught at rural schools while taking college courses. She received her B S in Elementary Education from Southwest Missouri State College (now Missouri State University) and a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Missouri in 1958. She was employed by Crawford County Welfare Office in 1945 and later worked in Gasconade County as a caseworker. She worked with the Division of Family Services for 33 years and retired as State Day Care Licensing Supervisor. She was instrumental in development, implementation and supervised enforcement of Day Care Licensing Regulations in Missouri. As a part of her career she spent two years in Washington, D. C. working with the Children's Bureau in the U.S Department of Health, Education and Welfare and participated in International Social Work Events in South America, Greece, Africa, Sweden and other parts of Europe. She also traveled to Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, the Republic of China, the Philippines, Hawaii, and Alaska and explored the culture, child care and education of citizens everywhere she went. She was genuinely interested in learning about new things and enjoyed visiting with family, friends, colleagues or strangers at any time and on any subject. She has maintained friendships with co-workers for as many as 65 years.

When she retired in 1980 she returned full time to the family farm and involved herself in community activities and volunteer services for the next twenty years. Some of these activities were: Assisted in establishment of the Community Child Care Center, served as fundraising chairperson for the new Steelville Library, county and state committee for Farm Bureau, Steelville Elementary School volunteer, 4-H project leader, Crawford County Extension Council, Golden Echoes board member and volunteer, food pantry, Chamber of Commerce, Meramec Music Theater and Presbyterian Church. Because of her community volunteer service she was honored as Steelville Citizen of the Year for 1999. She kept informed on community, national and world issues, voted in all elections, attended and participated in meetings of school board, chamber of commerce, Steelville Telephone, Crawford Electric, Farm Bureau and other organizations.

She was preceded in death by: one brother Henry; six sisters, Neola McKay and husband Archie, Ava Comfort and husband Glenn, Betty Ferrell and husband Lewis, Opal Comfort and husband Louis, Dorothy Weber and husband Bob, and Neleta Maloney; one niece Janet (Ferrell) Parrett.

She is survived by her sister, Anna Horn and husband Bob of Delmar NY and her brother George Adams and wife Sharon of Steelville; brother-in-law, Bryce Maloney of Salem; 13 nieces, Marian Roberts (John), Phyllis Burr (Wally), Linda Kendrick (Ray), Shirley Comfort, Gale Teasley (Ralph), Kim Busche (Keith), Lisa Hollander (Carey), Rebecca Fleahmann (Bruce), Leslie Trosset (Frank), Cindy Jackson (Steve), Julie Murray (Chuck), Debbie Juntti (Joe) and Diana O'Rourke (Mike); 6 nephews, Ray Comfort, Charles Ferrell (Wanda), Eddie Ferrell (Val), Todd Horn, Phil Adams, and Mike Adams; twenty nine great nieces and nephews and 21 great great nieces and nephews. Throughout her life she has maintained close ties and kept up with the interests, education, honors, and careers of each of them. She liked to explore nature and the outdoors with children or just talk with them and stimulate their imagination. Hikes often produced treasures such as leaves, wild flowers, pretty rocks, insects or bird nests for them.

The Family received friends from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville, MO.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home with Rev. John Welton officiating. Prelude music was provided by great-great niece, Anna Miller on piano. Special music of "Beyond the Sunset", In the Sweet By and By" and "Whispering Hope" was played on the hammered dulcimer by niece, Phyllis Burr. Special memories were shared by nephew, Mike Adams.

Committal prayer and burial were in the Pleasant Point Cemetery at Steelville, MO.

Honored to be casket bearers were family, Phil Adams, Dustin Adams, Ryan Ferrell, Mike Adams, Charles Ferrell and Wally Burr.

The Family was served by the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home of Steelville, MO.